Victor Eklund earns first career point with assist on Bo Horvat's 300th goal

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eklund-victor/C2xh3QrD/"]Eklund[/a], 19, was selected with the 25th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and had spent most of the year over in Sweden playing with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/Q7UY6Hrs/"]Djurgardens IF[/a], where he put up six goals and 18 assists in 43 games, before playing in seven games in the AHL, recording two goals and seven assists in seven games.[/p][embed guid="7a251cb7-80e7-48a7-9479-57ca3f54b3e8" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2044212212999331848?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]As for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horvat-bo/UyRTD0eU/"]Horvat[/a], it was also his 31st goal of the season, as the 31-year-old vet has reached at least 30 goals in four of the past six seasons now.[/p][p]The Ontario native has been with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-islanders/xESz5TGG/"]Islanders[/a] since they traded for him during the 2022-2023 season. He still has five years left on his massive contract, averaging $8.5 million each year before he becomes an unrestricted free agent after the 2030-2031 season. [/p]